Combination-tool for bicycles



(No Model.) w E. W. SWEIGARD.

GOMBI'NATION TOOL FOR BIGYOLES.

No. 605,453. Patented June 7, 1898..

llnrrnn firn'rns EMANUEL l/V. SWVEIGARD; QF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION-TOOL FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 605,453, dated June '7,1898.

Application filed 20,1896. Renewed January To all whom itmay concern:

' Be it known that LEMANUEL W. SWEIGARD, a citizen of the UnitedStatesof America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new .anduseful Improvements inCombinationand the essential portions particularly point ed out in theappended claims.

The invention is fully described in this specification and illustratedin. the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a lateralperspective view of a tool in its preferred form. Fig. 2 is a viewpartly in side elevation and partly in section, the'section being takenthrough the casing of the pump. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of one ofthe supplementary tools. Fig. 4 isa detail cross-section in line 4 4 ofFig. 2. Fig.

5 is a horizontal longitudinal section in line 5 5 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6is a detail perspective View of the piston-head used in connection withthe pump. In the views, A is the casing of a pneumati pump, flat andapproximately rectangular in cross-section in order that it may beconveniently carried in the pocket. One end of the casing is providedwith a stationary head 0., upon which is formed a small nipple a, bywhich the pump may be connected with the pneumatic tire of a bicycle bymeans of the ordinary tube used in connection with pumps of this class.The head is also preferably provided with a bail or loop a adapted forthe attachment of a chain. The cylinder is open to receive alongitudinally-sliding piston.

The piston is seen at B and as shown consists of two parallel members I)17, forming a convenient grasp when operating the pump. The members 1) bare at one end connected 31,1898. Serial No. 668,672. (NO model.)

by a transverse member b which forms the piston-head. The piston-head isformed to conform to the shape of the casing and provided with asuitable packing 6 secured in place by a plate I), which is placed uponthe outer face of the packing and screwed to the head 12?, clamping thepacking'firmlybetween it and the head. This forms a very good fitbetween the piston-head and the casing and effectually preventsanyaccidental leakage. An inlet-port a is placed in the casing A nearits open end-that is to say, immediately behind the piston-head when thesame is withdrawn .to its farthest limit. This inletport allows the airto enter the pump, which is again forced outward through the nipple a"and into the tire when the piston is forced toward the head a. To guidethe piston 13 in its reciprocating motion, I have shown guiding-plates C0,.se-

- cured to the casing in any suitable manner,

and these plates are formed with faces 0,0011- forming to theinner faceofthe casin g1 They are also formed with guiding-faces c a, parallel toeach other and to the line of motion of the piston, the sides of whichrest against the-faces c c and are guided thereby. The plates 0 O areprovided with shoulders 0 resting against the end of the casing andadapted to present a more finished appearance to the casing, but whichalso assists in keeping the guiding-plates in their proper positions. 6

Looking at Figs. 2 and 5, it will be seen that the piston B is providedwith several compartments or chambers adapted to receive supplementarytools,such as are usually used in connection with bicycles, &c. Themember b is enlarged considerably, as seen at d, and hollowed out to,receive. the shank D of a wrench. The members b 17 form the handle of awrench K, and these members'are tion (1 of the member I) with the memberZ),

and in the opening between the struts d d are removably secured a smallscrew-driver and wrench, (lettered E F, respectively.) As

seen in Fig. 3, this screw-driver and wrench are pivoted together bymeans of a small screw 6, the member F being preferably provided with aslot f. The wrench F is intended for use on small nuts or upon nipples,such as are used upon the ends of the spokes, and when this wrench isturned at right angles to the screw-driver it forms a very good grasp,whereby the screw-driver may be used to great advantage. The strut cl isrecessed, as seen at (1 (see Fig. 5,) and the strut d is notched at dand provided with a rotatable disk (1 adapted to retain the wrench andscrew in their proper position. This disk d is loosely secured to thestrut d by a suitable screw and is partly cut away, as seen at al Thescrew-driver and wrench are of sufficient size to conveniently rest inthe recess (2 and notch d and-when the fiat side ofthe disk is turnedtoward the screw-driver the same may evidently be placed in the notch (1but when the disk (1 is partially rotated it secures the screw-driverand wrench in place. The piston is also adapted to receive anoil-c'an,as seen at G. This oil-can is shown as one of a width toconveniently fit between the members Z) I) and of a thickness less thanthat of the piston in order that it may easily pass between theguiding-plates O O. The nozzle 9 of the oil-can when in position isseated in a funnel-shaped socket H, secured upon a spring-plate h, whichis fastened to the piston in any suitable manner and preferably near thepiston-head in order to give as much room as possible for the can. Theend or bottom of the can is provided with a V-shaped groove g,seatedupon a correspondinglyshaped tongue (1 upon the enlarged portion 61 andstrut d of the piston, as. seen in Fig. 5, and the force of thespring-plate it tends to hold the can in the proper place.

When it is desired to use the can, it may be released from its supportsby pressing upon the end adjacent to the tongue d thus forcing thespring-plate 71. back and allowing the end of the can to slip over thetongue. To replace the can, the nozzle is thrust into the funnel-shapedsocket II and the end forced over the tongue until the V-shaped groove gis seated upon the tongue d It is evidently necessary that thesupplementary tools shown herewith be of such size the casing A wheninflating a tire.

It will be seen from the drawings and from the foregoing description notonly that the pump cylinder or casing is flat and of the most desirableform for carrying in the pocket,

but also that the two jaws D d of the wrench at the outer end of thepiston are of the same transverse section as the pump-cylinder, so thatwhen the device is closed it is practically of uniform size throughoutits entire length. Furthermore, the adjusting nut I of the wrench lieswholly within that part of the piston-rod which enters thepump-cylinder, so that when the device is not in use, but is closed forcarrying in the pocket, all the working parts are within thepump-cylinder and are hidden from view and protected.

It is evident from the description of this implement that it is to beused by bicycle-.

riders, and it is essentially a pocket tool, and the various advantageswhich have been recited adapt it particularly for the special use towhich it is designed.

Having now described and explained the nature of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pump-wrench, the hollow pumpbody, a wrench-stem arranged totraverse the pump-body, a plunger secured to the end of the stem withinthe body, a fixed jaw and a movable jaw at the other end of the stem,and a finger-piece for operating the movable jaw, the opening in thebody through which the wrench-stem passes being large enough'to permitthe jaws and finger-piece to pass therethrough, whereby the said jawsand fingerpiece can be housed within the pump-body to some degree,substantially as described.

2. Ina device of the class described, the combination with a flatpump-cylinder approximately rectangular in transverse section, of apiston-rod sliding and guided in said pump-cylinder and provided at oneend with a piston and at the opposite end with a transverse memberadapted to serve as the stationary jaw of a wrench, a shank sliding andadjustable in said piston-rod and provided with a terminal jaw adaptedto cooperate with said transverse terminal member on the piston-rod, anda nut lying within the piston-rod and engaging theshank sliding therein,the pump-cylinder being adapted to receive within it the entirepiston-rod with the exception of said transverse terminal jaw,

whereby when the parts are closed together the adj Listing-nut is withinthe pump cylinder and covered and protected thereby. I and shape to beplaced within the piston and yet allow the same to be reciprocatedwithin In witness whereof I have hereunto set my I hand this 16th day ofMarch, 1896.

EMANUEL W. SWEIGARD.

WVitnesses:

OHAs. O. SHERVEY, M. L. SHEAHAN.

